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Construction Materials Used in the Historical Roman Era Bath in Myra [PDF]

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2014
The physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of mortars and bricks used in the historical building that was erected at Myra within the boundaries of Antalya Province during the Roman time were investigated. The sample picked points were marked on the air photographs and plans of the buildings and samples were photographed.
Cem Oguz   +2 more
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Surgery in the Graeco-Roman era [PDF]

open access: goldSuid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2006
In the Graeco-Roman era medical treatment characteristically consisted of regimen (diet and a healthy lifestyle), medicaments and surgery – the latter being reserved for those cases in which regimen and medicaments had failed. Evidence of primitive surgery dates back to the Bronze Age, and the Homeric epics describe surgical treatment of war wounds ...
François Retief, Louise Cilliers
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Book Review: The Nile and Ancient Egypt. Changing Land- and Waterscapes, from the Neolithic to the Roman Era [PDF]

open access: hybridJournal of Egyptian Archaeology, 2021
This book tells a history of Egypt from a geographic point of view, in a wholly original way. It takes, in a sense, a Braudelian longue durée-approach, but with the crucial difference that the geography and climate discussed are revealed to be not the ...
Robert H. Schiestl
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Medications and their use in the Graeco-Roman era [PDF]

open access: goldSuid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2007
As from the 6th century BC Graeco-Roman medical therapy comprised three components, viz. diet and healthy lifestyle (regimen), surgery and medicaments (pharmacotherapy), of which the latter was the oldest. Although the Corpus Hippocraticum (5th century BC), with minor Egyptian influence, contained no text of medicines as such, and seemed to prefer ...
François Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Semi-analytic forecasts for Roman -- the beginning of a new era of deep-wide galaxy surveys [PDF]

open access: greenMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next flagship observatory, will redefine deep-field galaxy survey with a field of view two orders of magnitude larger than Hubble and an angular resolution of matching quality. These future deep-wide galaxy
L. Y. Aaron Yung   +13 more
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ROMAN DACIA IN THE DIGITAL ERA

open access: yesJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2020
The study of Roman Dacia in the last two centuries produced thousands of articles, studies, monographs and proceedings and revealed at least 3800 archaeological sites from the short period of existence of the province between 106-270 AD.
Csaba Szabó
doaj   +4 more sources

Orthopedics in the Graeco - Roman era [PDF]

open access: yesSuid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie, 2009
In this study the evolutionary development of orthopedics (management of diseases of bones and joints), which commenced in early Mesopotamia and Egypt, is followed through Classical times.The Greek infl  uence probably commenced in the 6thcentury BC with Democedes of Croton who cured the Persian king’s dislocated ankle. The Corpus Hippocraticum laid the
Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
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From the Roman Magistratus of the Republic Era to the Absolute Monarchy [PDF]

open access: green, 2022
ABSTRACT: Republican political institutions appeared in Rome in 509 B.C. They have their origin in the institutions created by the Ancient Romans, who were conservative, proof that they cared about its values. Therefore, they sought to preserve the old institutions, which they considered to be of divine origin.
Ionuţ Ciutacu
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HORTICULTURE IN ANTIQUITY, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE GRAECO-ROMAN ERA

open access: yesAkroterion, 2012
The evolution of horticulture (gardening) in antiquity, as distinct from largescale agriculture and forestry, is traced from its humble origins in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, to the Graeco-Roman era. Little is known about horticulture in the Greek Bronze Age and Homeric period, but from the 5th century onwards, public rather than private gardens ...
Louise Cilliers, Francois P. Retief
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